5 Reasons Why Waluigi Should be a Fighter in SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE
By Tain Gregory
The new game in the Super Smash Bros series is coming out on December 7th, 2018, and has many fans hyped up for its release. Over 70 Nintendo characters (and some 3rd party characters) will be punching it out in the ultimate battle. However, some characters are still being announced, such as Isabelle from Animal Crossing, King K Rool from Donkey Kong Country, and Simon from Castlevania. There are many highly requested characters for the game such as Sans from Undertale, Shadow the Hedgehog, and characters who don’t even have a chance, like Shrek.
But there is one character that many fans have wanted for Super Smash Bros ever since the first game in 1999. Waluigi!
Multiple Youtube videos have been posted making predictions that Waluigi would be revealed for the next Super Smash Bros game. But it never happened. Even a song was made by a Youtuber called BitFinity. His song “Wa-Elegy” had many Waluigi fans make comments such as “Waluigi is not playable in Smash Ultimate. Press ˥ to pay respects” and “We need Waluigi in Smash!”
The creator of Super Smash Bros has seen these comments and messages, and says that Waluigi is not a big enough character to put in the game. In the Super Mario series, Waluigi may only be a side character, but that shouldn’t stop him from making it into the game. So I am going to explain 5 reasons why Waluigi should be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
1. Waluigi is a character who has been loved by fans for a long time. Many people play as him a lot in the Mario Kart games, and he is a fan favorite character. It would make tons of Waluigi fans extremely happy if he was in the next Smash game. Waluigi has always been a meme character, so if he was in Smash, it would make the game more popular because a meme made it into the game.
2. Some people may say that Waluigi has not been in enough games to be a character in Smash. It would be hard to create a set of fighting moves for a character who has barely been in any games. However, in Super Smash Bros 4, the character Duck Hunt was added. Duck Hunt was an old Nintendo Entertainment System game made in 1984. In the game, you would shoot ducks, and a dog would laugh at you when you missed. In the game, all the Duck Hunt, the dog, does is laugh at you. This was the only game he appeared in. The creator of Smash, Masahiro Sakurai, made an entire move set for a dog who just laughs at you in the background. If Sakurai could do that, there is no reason he could not make a move set for Waluigi.
3. For the many years Nintendo has been around, almost every Mario character has gotten their own game. There was Luigi’s Mansion, Super Princess Peach, Bowser’s Inside Story, Yoshi’s Island, Captain Toad, and even Wario Ware. These characters all had their own spin off games, but Waluigi has never had one. Many people say that he is “disrespected by Nintendo” because there have been many opportunities for him to be used. Like in the New Super Mario Bros series. Wario and Waluigi could have been characters in the games, but instead we got Yellow Toad and Blue Toad. These are both the same character but with different colors. Talk about laziness. That could have been a potential chance for Waluigi to be in a main Mario game, and to make a new plot about why Wario and Waluigi are teaming up with the Mario Brothers. There are some Waluigi fan games, such as Waluigi’s Taco Stand. But this is only a fan game so I sadly can’t count this.
4. Like I said before, Waluigi doesn’t have a game of his own. This is why most people don’t think that he could be in Super Smash Bros. However, we did get a character for the game who doesn’t have their own game. Daisy is a Super Mario character who was added into Smash as an echo fighter (a fighter who has the same moves and attacks as another fighter). Even though Daisy is only an echo fighter, she is still playable in the game. It would have been nice to get Waluigi as an echo fighter.
5. As my final reason, I am going to point this out. Super Smash Bros Ultimate is advertised as the fighting game where “Everyone is Here.” Waluigi is really one of the only Mario characters that isn’t in Smash. People say it doesn’t make sense to have Mario without Luigi, so why should we have Wario without Waluigi? I think he should be in the game because he would complete the Super Mario roster.
I have now given 5 reasons why I think that Waluigi should be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Even if Waluigi doesn’t make it into the game, I still recommend buying it. All of the Super Smash Bros games have been super fun, so I am sure this one is going to be the ultimate game. The game releases on December 7th, so if you have a Nintendo Switch system, I suggest buying it!
By Tain Gregory
The new game in the Super Smash Bros series is coming out on December 7th, 2018, and has many fans hyped up for its release. Over 70 Nintendo characters (and some 3rd party characters) will be punching it out in the ultimate battle. However, some characters are still being announced, such as Isabelle from Animal Crossing, King K Rool from Donkey Kong Country, and Simon from Castlevania. There are many highly requested characters for the game such as Sans from Undertale, Shadow the Hedgehog, and characters who don’t even have a chance, like Shrek.
But there is one character that many fans have wanted for Super Smash Bros ever since the first game in 1999. Waluigi!
Multiple Youtube videos have been posted making predictions that Waluigi would be revealed for the next Super Smash Bros game. But it never happened. Even a song was made by a Youtuber called BitFinity. His song “Wa-Elegy” had many Waluigi fans make comments such as “Waluigi is not playable in Smash Ultimate. Press ˥ to pay respects” and “We need Waluigi in Smash!”
The creator of Super Smash Bros has seen these comments and messages, and says that Waluigi is not a big enough character to put in the game. In the Super Mario series, Waluigi may only be a side character, but that shouldn’t stop him from making it into the game. So I am going to explain 5 reasons why Waluigi should be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
1. Waluigi is a character who has been loved by fans for a long time. Many people play as him a lot in the Mario Kart games, and he is a fan favorite character. It would make tons of Waluigi fans extremely happy if he was in the next Smash game. Waluigi has always been a meme character, so if he was in Smash, it would make the game more popular because a meme made it into the game.
2. Some people may say that Waluigi has not been in enough games to be a character in Smash. It would be hard to create a set of fighting moves for a character who has barely been in any games. However, in Super Smash Bros 4, the character Duck Hunt was added. Duck Hunt was an old Nintendo Entertainment System game made in 1984. In the game, you would shoot ducks, and a dog would laugh at you when you missed. In the game, all the Duck Hunt, the dog, does is laugh at you. This was the only game he appeared in. The creator of Smash, Masahiro Sakurai, made an entire move set for a dog who just laughs at you in the background. If Sakurai could do that, there is no reason he could not make a move set for Waluigi.
3. For the many years Nintendo has been around, almost every Mario character has gotten their own game. There was Luigi’s Mansion, Super Princess Peach, Bowser’s Inside Story, Yoshi’s Island, Captain Toad, and even Wario Ware. These characters all had their own spin off games, but Waluigi has never had one. Many people say that he is “disrespected by Nintendo” because there have been many opportunities for him to be used. Like in the New Super Mario Bros series. Wario and Waluigi could have been characters in the games, but instead we got Yellow Toad and Blue Toad. These are both the same character but with different colors. Talk about laziness. That could have been a potential chance for Waluigi to be in a main Mario game, and to make a new plot about why Wario and Waluigi are teaming up with the Mario Brothers. There are some Waluigi fan games, such as Waluigi’s Taco Stand. But this is only a fan game so I sadly can’t count this.
4. Like I said before, Waluigi doesn’t have a game of his own. This is why most people don’t think that he could be in Super Smash Bros. However, we did get a character for the game who doesn’t have their own game. Daisy is a Super Mario character who was added into Smash as an echo fighter (a fighter who has the same moves and attacks as another fighter). Even though Daisy is only an echo fighter, she is still playable in the game. It would have been nice to get Waluigi as an echo fighter.
5. As my final reason, I am going to point this out. Super Smash Bros Ultimate is advertised as the fighting game where “Everyone is Here.” Waluigi is really one of the only Mario characters that isn’t in Smash. People say it doesn’t make sense to have Mario without Luigi, so why should we have Wario without Waluigi? I think he should be in the game because he would complete the Super Mario roster.
I have now given 5 reasons why I think that Waluigi should be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Even if Waluigi doesn’t make it into the game, I still recommend buying it. All of the Super Smash Bros games have been super fun, so I am sure this one is going to be the ultimate game. The game releases on December 7th, so if you have a Nintendo Switch system, I suggest buying it!